Conclusion
What is democracy?
How is this shown?
- Presentation of idealistic worlds
- Wrong representation of democracy
- Right to express their beliefs
What happens, when the pigs get the authority?
Term of Democracy
- People are categorized (ch.1, p.11)
- No right to be educated (ch.2, p.16-17, ch.17, p. 204)
- All about the society (ch.2, p.18)
- Freedom to criticize their representatives
Form of Government, in which, the Supreme Power is vested in the people and exercised by them, or by their elected agents, under a free electoral system.
- Take advantage of other animals' production (Ch.3, p. 22-23)
- Please themselves (Ch.6, p.45-46)
- Distance themselves from any work (Ch.6, p.40 , Ch.6, p.46)
- At the end, all the commandments change
How is this shown?
Thesis Statement
- Prevention of the law of the nature (ch. 7, p.94-95)
- The "creation" of the people, Fertilizations (ch.1, p.3-4)
Although the novels Animal Farm and Brave New World, undermine democracy,they can give useful lessons to teenagers, because they push them to think critically, on how democracy works and how manipulation affects their way of living.
Critical thinking in Animal Farm, on how democracy works
How manipulation
affects democracy ?
- Old Major -" All animals are equal"
(Ch.1, p.6)
- a world full of comforts and technological improvements
- The illusion of better living conditions
- the need of a change, nearly exists
- immersed in consumerism and daily routine
Questions
Group 5
- How easy was it for you to understand the "hidden" meanings in both novels?
- Do you agree that there are useful lessons about democracy in the novels? What´s your opinion?
The issue of democracy, through Animal Farm and Brave New World
Petrou Adamantia
Hadjinicodemou Maria
Georgiou Andreas